Thursday, June 23, 2011

Go to Cádiz, If You Please

Most menu readers know this, but you can’t always believe what you read
in a restaurant. Even in this age where it seems necessary to tell us
the provenance for every blasted ingredient right down to the four types
of salt, some people are still leaving a bit of mystery. For instance,
if you ordered the heirloom tomato salad currently on the Cádiz menu,
you’d see it’s coming with Piave cheese, spring greens, and Banyuls
vinaigrette. What it doesn’t tell you is there’ll be a lovely little
swath of caramelized shallot purée on that plate, and it will be
something you crave afterward.